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Message-ID: <20100921082353.4bb85271@schatten.dmk.lab>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:23:53 +0200
From: Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
greg@...ah.com, stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de,
broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/get_maintainer.pl: fix .mailmap handling
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:20:35 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 06:59 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
> @ret is not descriptive.
> Yeah, it's an array.
> An array of what?
> btw: @list was sub-optimal too.
:) ok.
> As we discussed privately, yes, .mailmap handling was broken
> but both of us seem to think that it's not even necessary as
> most .mailmap entries are created manually and it's not
> up-to-date. Name de-duplication is more effective.
No, no. I think .mailmap mangling should be applied before grouping
name <address>
together by name.
> And, I do ack a patch after I think it is ready to be applied.
> Until then, I note what I see as shortcomings and defects.
I send the patch with the removed #print as a reply.
>
> cheers, Joe
>
Regards,
Flo
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